Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic, Srath Spè) is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland.
It is also one of the main centres of the Scotch whisky industry, with a high concentration of single malt distilleries in the region, including the Glenfiddich distillery and the Balvenie distillery. The Anglicised form is 'Speyside'. The capital is Grantown-on-Spey. Recently there has been some controversy over attempts to Anglicise the name into "Spey Valley". Speyside Single Malts are single malt Scotch whiskies distilled in Strathspey, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland. With so many whiskies, there are few similarities across the region, though some of the whiskies which are considered to be the most refined and elegant are in Speyside.[citation needed] And certainly the best selling single malt whiskies in the world (Glenlivet & Glenfiddich) come from Spey.
Strathspey has the most distilleries of any of the whisky producing areas of Scotland.[citation needed] Listed below are known Speyside single malts: Aberlour Single Malt Ardmore Single Malt Aultmore Single Malt Balmenach Single Malt Balvenie Benriach Single Malt Benromach Single Malt Cardhu Single Malt Cragganmore Dailuaine Dallas Dhu Single Malt Dufftown Single Malt Glendronach Single Malt Glendullan Single Malt Glenfarclas Single Malt Glenfiddich Glen Grant Glen Keith Single Malt The Glenlivet Glenrothes Single Malt Glentauchers Single Malt Glen Elgin Glen Moray Single Malt Imperial Single Malt Inchgower Single Malt Knockando Linkwood Single Malt Lismore Single Malt The Macallan Miltonduff Single Malt Mortlach Single Malt Speyburn Single Malt The Speyside Strathisla Single Malt Tamnavulin Glenlivet Single Malt Tomintoul Single Malt Tormore Single Malt